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University of Vienna

In research, University of Vienna stands highest in Social Sciences (#38 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#25 of 6,365 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#18 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History and Philosophy of Science, Classics and Mathematical Physics — History and Philosophy of Science is 10.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#178
of 28,054 · #186 all time
Rank in Austria
#1
of 168
Research works
75k
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8M
24.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is University of Vienna known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #38 of 10,521 23.3%4,909 #127
Social SciencesField #25 of 6,365 24.8%2,491 #133
Arts and HumanitiesField #18 of 1,998 18.6%1,323 #50
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #11 of 1,201 22.7%546 #50
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #29 of 2,578 22.7%958 #121
Physical SciencesDomain #215 of 12,888 21.5%3,149 #192
CommunicationSubfield #2 of 104 49.0%118 #25
Literature and Literary TheorySubfield #9 of 390 20.9%206 #39
PhilosophySubfield #7 of 290 24.9%223 —
MathematicsField #38 of 1,053 15.0%408 #74

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Vienna sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#127 #38
  2. Social Sciences#133 #25
  3. Arts and Humanities#50 #18
  4. Political Science and International Relations#50 #11
  5. Sociology and Political Science#121 #29
  6. Physical Sciences#192 #215
  7. Communication#25 #2
  8. Literature and Literary Theory#39 #9
  9. Mathematics#74 #38
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does University of Vienna specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History and Philosophy of Science takes 10.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 155.9 works10×
  2. ClassicsSubfield · 53.7 works9.1×
  3. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 103.1 works6.6×
  4. Religious studiesSubfield · 95.2 works5.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 309 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 543 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.34× its world share, 34 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.25× its world share, 202 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.62× its world share, 22 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.47× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.34× its world share, 209 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.79× its world share, 609 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 293 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 33 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 445 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.96× its world share, 474 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.61× its world share, 212 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.49× its world share, 408 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.04× its world share, 450 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 158 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 572 worksMedicineNursing: 0.46× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.61× its world share, 1,323 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.87× its world share, 280 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 98 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.00× its world share, 212 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.67× its world share, 506 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.98× its world share, 2,491 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Vienna?

Ranked on the composite score, Georg Kresse, Lutz Nasdala and Atanas G. Atanasov lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Vienna.

  1. 1 Georg Kresse Austria · #163 worldwide 24k citations · 113 works
  2. 2 Lutz Nasdala Austria · #3,363 worldwide 1.4k citations · 93 works
  3. 3 Atanas G. Atanasov Austria · #5,333 worldwide 1.6k citations · 59 works
  4. 4 Markus Aspelmeyer Austria · #5,563 worldwide 1.5k citations · 61 works
  5. 5 Karl Sigmund Austria · #5,666 worldwide 1.1k citations · 78 works
  6. 6 Michael Wagner Austria · #6,359 worldwide 1k citations · 77 works
  7. 7 Anton Zeilinger Austria · #6,445 worldwide 1.8k citations · 134 works
  8. 8 Adolf F. Fercher Austria · #7,678 worldwide 844 citations · 81 works
  9. 9 Hans G. Feichtinger Austria · #9,607 worldwide 738 citations · 79 works
  10. 10 Adamantios Diamantopoulos Austria · #11,075 worldwide 1.7k citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at University of Vienna

Which keywords describe research at University of Vienna?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Religion, Nationalism, Identity, Gender, Globalization, Philosophy and Human Rights.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization397▲ 2.0×123 topics
  2. Climate Change337▲ 1.26×101 topics
  3. History317▲ 4.5×51 topics
  4. Human Rights302▲ 3.0×68 topics
  5. Identity302▲ 4.2×66 topics
  6. Religion270▲ 5.7×37 topics
  7. Gender267▲ 5.0×49 topics
  8. Nationalism266▲ 5.8×30 topics
  9. Social Media246▲ 1.73×34 topics
  10. Machine Learning237▼ 0.73×77 topics
  11. Philosophy232▲ 5.3×39 topics
  12. Ethics223▲ 4.7×49 topics
  13. Literature168▲ 3.1×55 topics
  14. Colonialism167▲ 3.5×45 topics
  15. Governance162▲ 5.0×16 topics
  16. Culture149▲ 2.8×32 topics
  17. Neoliberalism134▲ 3.8×24 topics
  18. Democracy124▲ 3.5×24 topics
  19. Cultural Studies123▲ 3.3×34 topics
  20. Politics120▲ 4.5×21 topics
  21. European Union114▲ 5.0×23 topics
  22. Society110▲ 5.7×20 topics
  23. Migration103▲ 3.1×26 topics
  24. International Relations97▲ 4.1×24 topics
  25. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse96▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Sociolinguistics94▲ 5.0×9 topics
  27. Feminism92▲ 3.3×24 topics
  28. Emotion91▲ 4.4×12 topics
  29. Social History86▲ 10×8 topics
  30. Cultural History83▲ 6.8×14 topics
  31. Bildungsungleichheit79▲ 27×1 topic
  32. Ethnografisches Schreiben79▲ 27×1 topic
  33. Philosophy of Science78▲ 24×3 topics
  34. Secularism78▲ 7.5×5 topics
  35. Bildung73▲ 23×3 topics
  36. Metaphysics67▲ 15×5 topics
  37. Perception67▲ 10×6 topics
  38. Political Communication65▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Deliberative Democracy62▲ 8.1×2 topics
  40. Medicine62▲ 7.5×8 topics

Which research topics does University of Vienna publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sociology and Education Studies, German Literature and Culture Studies, Chinese history and philosophy and Law and Political Science.

Sociology and Education …79Sociology and Education Studies: 79 fractional worksGerman Literature and Cu…56German Literature and Culture Studies: 56 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 51 fractional worksLaw and Political Science50Law and Political Science: 50 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics49Social Media and Politics: 49 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 46 fractional worksEuropean history and politics: 43 fractional worksMedia Studies and Commun…38Media Studies and Communication: 38 fractional worksReligion, Theology, and Education: 37 fractional worksPhilosophy, Science, and History: 34 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryLawCommunication4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 79 works
  2. 2 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 56 works
  3. 3 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 51 works
  4. 4 Law and Political Science Law 50 works
  5. 5 Social Media and Politics Communication 49 works
  6. 6 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 46 works
  7. 7 European history and politics Political Science and International Relations 43 works
  8. 8 Media Studies and Communication Communication 38 works
  9. 9 Religion, Theology, and Education Religious studies 37 works
  10. 10 Philosophy, Science, and History History and Philosophy of Science 34 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available34.7%not open65.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.9%domestic only73.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Vienna's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.